Subsequent week’s Saturn Awards are going to honor Keanu Reeves at its occasion, with a particular honor named after his John Wick co-star, Lance Reddick.
This 12 months’s ceremony gained’t simply be devoted to the late actor, it’s additionally the beginning of the Lance Reddick Legacy award. Per the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Movies, the ornament “symbolizes and celebrates not solely a performer’s expertise, however their character. Somebody who’s a real goodwill ambassador within the trade.” The press launch notes how all through his profession, Reeves has hopped round all three genres: from The Matrix and Invoice & Ted to Francis Ford Coppola’s Dracula and Constantine, the 59-year-old actor has “performed all of it.”
“All through his unbelievable profession, [Keanu] has by no means forgotten the help of his followers and the filmmakers who’ve supported him all these years,” it continued. “We’re thrilled to rejoice Lance’s reminiscence with an expensive good friend and a style icon.”
Since Reddick’s passing in March 2023, the actor’s remaining filmography has slowly been launched: John Wick 4, which is devoted in his reminiscence, was adopted by Hulu’s White Man Can’t Leap remake and Paramount+’s The Caine Mutiny Courtroom-Martial. Later this 12 months, his last two movies—Netflix’s Shirley and the John Wick spinoff Ballerina—will launch in March and June, respectively. Online game-wise, Bungie has already employed Keith David to play his Future 2 character Commander Zavala with the Remaining Form enlargement in June. It’s unknown how Horizon creator Guerrilla Video games will deal with his character Sylens in future video games.
Reddick’s last on-screen TV function will probably be as Zeus in subsequent week’s finale for Percy Jackson & the Olympians on Disney+. His last tv function will probably be posthumously as Lex Luthor within the upcoming DC collection, Kite Man: Hell Yeah!.
The 51st Saturn Awards will probably be held on February 4 at 4 PM PST.
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